Electric-lighting fixture



P. KESTELL ELECTRIC LIGHTING FIXTURE JQQW l Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

. UNITED PHILIP xnsrnnn or rnalnorscd oarirronmn', AssrGNon To THOMASDAY CoM- PATENT f oFFlc-s.

PANY,0F SAN FRANCISCO, cnnrFoRNImA conroanrron or cALrronNrn.

matarme-.LIGHTING FIXTURE.

piraat-ian area January a1, i925.` serial No. 6,008.

T'oaZZ whom t may: come-m:

Be it known that I, PHILIP Knszrnnn, a4 citizen .of the United States,andl a, resident of the city and county of San Francisco,

A"pensive appearance and inexpensive manu facture Y y Another object oflthe invention is to pro-` vide a pendant electric lighting fixture in.

which the fixture arms are attached by bolts or similar means tothefixture body-5. Whereby the parts of the fixture may be Separatelyfinished before the fixture is assembled.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pendant electriclighting fixture in which the fixture arms are removably attached to thebody, the connection of the arms to the body being such that the armsare held against displacement, so that the proper spacing of the arms isalways maintained.

The invention possesses other advantageous features, some of which withthe foregoing, will be set lforth at length in the followingdescription, where I shall outline in full those forms of my inventionwhich I have selected for illustration in the drawings accompanying andforming part of the present specification. In said drawings I have showntwo forms of electric lighting fixtures embodying my invention, but itis to be understood that I do not limit myself tol such forms, since theinvention, as set forth in the claims, may be embodied in a plurality ofother forms.

Referring tosaid drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of one type of electric lighting fixture,embodying my invention. A

Figure 2 is a vertical section through a portion of the fixture shown inFigure 1.

' Figure 3 is an underneath view of that portion of the fixture which isshown in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a vertical section through a portion of a modified form offixture.

The fixture of my invention comprises principally a body plate havinglighting fixture arms attached thereto by bolts or other similardevices. theplate and the arms is such that rafter the arms have beenattachehthere isno possibilityy of relative ,movement` .of an arm with rrespect `to the plate, so that the, ,proper spaeino' ofthe arms isalwaysmaintained. This ias been laccomplished heretofore,

Chief-ly; by welding or brazing the arms to.. theplate andthisfoperation is not only ex-V pensive, but mars the finish oflthe`parts, so.y that theparts can not be` finished until after they havebeen assembled. In accordance with the present invention, lthe parts Theconstruction o't'w are separately finished and are assembled after theyhave been finished, thus greatly reducing the costof the fixture.

Refer-ring particularly to the fixture shown in Figures 1, 2 and` 3, thefixture comprises abodyplate 2 which ispreferably circular in shape, andwhich is provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced apertures3. 4The apertures preferably open radially on the periphery of the plateand the inner sides of the apertures are straight and are provided withdepending lugs 4, which assist in positioning and supporting thelighting fixture arms. f

The lighting fixture arms 5 are tubular and arecurved or bent into anydesired form, depen-ding upon the design of the fixture. The arms areprovided at their outer ends with sockets for the lamp 6, and the wires7 for the respective sockets extend through the tubular arms. At itsupper end, each tubular arm is fiattened and the flattened end bent overto form a tab 8 which bears against the upper surface of the plate 2.The flattened -portion of the arm is of the same width as the aperture 3and the unbent flattened portion of the arm lies against the inner sideof the aperture, so that, when the arm is secured to the plate, therecan be no relative movement of the arm with respect to the plate. In thepresent instance, the arms are attached to the plate by bolts 9,extending through the tabsA 8 and the plate 2. The lower ends of thebolts 9 are concealed by the ornamental device 13, which'is supported onthe stem 14 which 'is in threaded engagement with the plate 2. Theapertures 3 mental skirtl, depending from the plate 2. In vthisconstruction, the skirt is formed are concealed by an ornaseparatelyfrom the plateand is provided*v adjacent its fup'per end with a-tlange.y1G which rests on the plate.

hickey is supported on the hollow7 stem 18 Which is engaged by thernuts19.- TheV stem 18 and the hiokey 17k are concealed bya canopy 21interposed between the nuts 191` and the upper surface of the skirt 15.T here is thus produced an" expensive appearing iixture, in which thearms lare rigidly positioned, at aninexpensive oost; l i

I'In Figure /1,I have shown forni 'of the fixture, in which they bodyplate 2 and the skirt 15 are integral. The aper tures 3 are of the samev'arrangement as the apertures in the first 'type of =tixturewithfthe'exception that they do notextend'to 'the -peripehry 'of theplate,norfar e1 they provid ed at their inner sides'with depending lugs.

The inner side of the aperture 3 is straight and the'flattened portionSof the'tubular arm 5 is of the samewidth as the aperture,

sothat the arm is positioned bythe aperf" vture.-The platey 2 is'supported-from Tthe nut 19 through the stem 18 and the hickey 17, and acanopy 21 is employed to conceal the stem and lthe hickey; -Theunder'portions of the bolts9 and the v'stemflli 'are concealed by theornamental device Secured. to theupper end of the stem l14C isahiokeyrl'? through which the Wiresf passend thel This fixturel is;substantially identical VWith that shownin Fi-gures 1,-2y and ,3, Withthe extending through: said apertures and being flattened to'. lieagainst the, surface of the platejfbolts securing the flattened endsoffrom thelplate'to 'conceal the. apertures and acover disposed-Within theskirtv and con-v cealing theboltson the fundery side otthe- 2.Alightinglint-.ure comprising .v body." plate having anaperture'thereimadepend" ing lug adjacent said aperture and disposed 1 substantialllyatright-"angles Vto said ybody plate,a tubular fixturezarm flattened4atrone end,-the flattened portion being bent to substantially a rightangle to conform to. said lug and-said body plate, and fastening meansextending ,.thru said arm and. said In testinionywherfeof, I have:hereunto set myhand. f v

